-öttek
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From -ött (past-tense suffix) + -ek (third-person plural suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-öttek
- (past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation).
- köszönt (“to greet”) + -öttek → köszöntöttek (“they (have/had) greeted”)
- Udvariasan köszöntöttek minket az utcán. ― They greeted us politely on the street.
- süt (“to bake”) + -öttek → sütöttek (“they (have/had) baked”)
- Süteményeket sütöttek az ünnepre. ― They baked cookies for the holiday.
Usage notes
[edit]- (past-tense suffix) Variants:
- -tak is added to most back-vowel verbs
- -tek is added to most front-vowel verbs
- -ttak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, rí, szí; ó, ró; fú)
- -ttek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nő, sző; nyű)
- -ottak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)
- -ettek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
- -öttek is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)